Fall 2026

Sociology of the Family

SOC 640 examines family life from a sociological perspective, drawing on insights from demography, economics, history and anthropology.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Allison Daminger

Summary

1 / 5

Historical reviews for Christine Schwartz describe her as easy to understand, approachable, and clear, with lively discussions that students recommend.

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Prerequisites

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SOC 640

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Professors

Fall 2026

Allison Daminger

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.67 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.73 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Christine Schwartz describe her as easy to understand, approachable, and clear about requirements, with lively and interesting discussions. The reviewer recommends the course based on these positive experiences.

ALLISON DAMINGER is recorded teaching in Spring 2023, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CHRISTINE SCHWARTZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2012, Fall 2017, Spring 2018. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
LEC 001	Classroom Instruction	24 / 25	1

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Student experience

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Historical reviews for Christine Schwartz describe her as easy to understand, approachable, and clear, with lively discussions that students recommend.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.77 GPA, 95.5% A/AB (n=22 letter grades); Spring 2023: 3.67 GPA, 76.2% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.73 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

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Historical reviews of Christine Schwartz: Students found the course engaging due to interesting discussions and clear requirements under instructor Christine Schwartz.

Topics

Families as social institutions
Patterns of family change
Families and inequality

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SOC 640 · Fall 2026

Sociology of the Family

Recorded 2026-09-07

Raw records

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Model outputs & technical records

nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4

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Model & dataset provenance

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